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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"community supported agriculture"”.
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Engaging Past and Future on a Community Supported Agriculture Farm
… Hill Farm, an organic, draft-horse powered Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm located on the outskirts of Sparta, Ontario. Here, a thoughtful and flexible approach to management that works with soil, non-human animals, and humans has resulted in a financially viable small-scale farm …
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Gateway to Green: The Family Experience of Community Supported Agriculture
… the consumption of local and seasonable foods. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs are one example of a sustainable food system model in which consumers purchase weekly produce shares directly from local farms. Though participation in CSA programs has increased, very little is …
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Savior of the family farm? : the role of community supported agriculture for farm sustainability in California
… data are then compared with the location of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs in the study counties and examined to see if there are greater successes in the counties with higher CSA involvement. While CSAs are more abundant in successful agriculture counties, these programs are …
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Das Konzept der Community-Supported Agriculture vor dem (kulturellen) Hintergrund der Postwachstumsökonomie. Chancen einer lokal-souveränen, resilienten und somit zukunftsfähigen Ernährungskultur in der Stadt Oldenburg?
Diese Masterarbeit beschäftigt sich mit den kulturellen und wirtschaftlichen Hintergründen der Ernährungswirtschaft und Gesellschaft und der etwaiger Krisen, die daraus resultieren können, bzw. sich schon heute aufzeigen. Theoretische Grundlagen der Soziologie, bzw. Kulturwissenschaften, und …
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Growing Toward the Sun: How the Good-Food Movement Catapulted a Small New York City Third-Sector Organization into Rapid Growth, Success, and Many Challenges
… correspond to its programming. These include Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), urban agriculture, emergency food, policy and advocacy efforts, and community food education. This dissertation explores the ways that Food Rights navigates the contested space of civil society and the …
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Are the Old Ways New Again?: Local Farmers Practicing Civic Agriculture in Southwest Missouri
… in social movements toward farmers' markets, community supported agriculture (CSA) projects and other outlets where consumers can purchase local foods. Much of the existing social science research on this topic focuses on consumers' motivations. Few studies examine farmers' perspectives and …
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Niagara alternative food projects : networks, discourses and nature /
… theoretical approaches to the study of food and agriculture, suggests that actor-network theory offers the most useful lens through which to understand these projects. In particular, actor-network theory facilitates non-dualistic theorisations of power and scale and a commitment to the inclusion …
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The Healing Power of a Whole Foods, Plant-based Diet: A Nutrition Prescription for Cancer
… transfers for farmer’s markets to also include Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) deliveries to those living with cancer. The rationale for this is that a debilitating illness significantly effects energy levels necessary for shopping for and preparing healthy food due to cancer treatment. …
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Barefoot Lifestyle: Investigating how natural yields derived from ecological systems can create resilience and community engagement
… ecosystems within the environment and the community for the purpose of building sustained holistic resilience. Through the use of action research the project investigated how natural yields produced from these systems could be developed into an alternative food network accessible to the …